Cash-carrier



G.R.SADD. CASH GARRIBR.'

' Patented May 1'7, 1892.

(N Model.)

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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE R. SADD, OF ELLINGTON, CONNECTICUT.

CASH-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,973, dated May 1*?, 1892.

Application filed March 16, 1891. Serial No. 385,215. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE R. SADD, of Ellington, in the county of Tolland and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Iinprovements iny CaslrCarriers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, whereby any one skilled in the art can make and use the same.

Myinvenion relates to Vthe class of devices that are usedinstores for the purpose of transportinggoods or money from the sales table or counter to the cashiers desk; and its obJect is to provide a simple and compact de- `vice of this kind that shall be cheap, simple,

and effective, and that shall also use the propelling device as a buffer in stopping the car.

To this end my invention consists in the details of the several parts making up the carriage and propelling device, and in their combination, as more particularly hereinafter descrlbed, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a detail side view of a part of the apparatus with parts broken away to show construction. Fig. 2 is a detail side view of the same, in section, of the carriage with the parts in position ready to propel the carriage along the way. Fig. 3 is a det-ail top view of part of the apparatus. Fig. 4 is a detail end View of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a denotes the track or way, preferably a cord or wire, stretched taut between two points and affording a support along which a carriage b is adapted to travel. In the form shown the carriage consists of a long tube, fast to which are supports c for grooved wheels d, that run on the wire that supports the carriage below it. To this tube is fastened any desirable form of removable cash cup or receptacle e. The tube contains a coiled springf, preferably provided at opposite ends with disk-like heads f, the ends of the tube being closed with a cap having a perforation b', one of these caps being provided at each end of the tube. The

end of the plunger g is adapted to enter this opening as the carriage is driven toward it. This plunger g is a rod fixed with its axis in the line of the perforation in the cap of the tube in such manner that the plungerwll enter the tube when the latter is moved toward it a sufcient distance, and it preferably projects .from the front of the frame h, that is fixed to a wall or any convenient upright part in proper position to support the device by means of which the carriage is started on a trip.

On the plunger is arranged a sliding collar t', and between the back of the collar and the front of the frameis arranged a spring i', that 6o tends normally to -hold the collar in a certain position on the plunger. A pin, preferably the. end of the screw t2, extends through the collar into a groove g', so as to prevent the collar from rotating on the plunger, or the latter may be square and the opening in the collar likewise square, producing the same result. Cords k extend from the collar to the drums lo', fast to a shaft supported in the frame, and a cord Z, wound about the drum k2, also fast to the same shaft, serves to draw back the collar t' until the yielding catch m, that is borne on the end of the tube, comes in contact with an adjustable stop d', fast to the wire, With'the result that the hook n of the yielding catch m is disengaged from the collar, and by the recoil of the springf the carriage is driven forcibly along the wire. Each end of the tube is provided with ayielding catch, and as the carriage approaches the end'of its run the end of the plunger g enters the tube and compresses the spring f, that acts as an elastic buffer to impede the movement of the carriage. The impetus of the carriage is sufcient to causethe hooked ends of the catch m to engage the collar t', so as to hold the carriage against recoil. When it is desired to return the carriage to the other end of the way, it is done by pulling` down upon the handle fast to the cord Z, thus drawing the carriage in such manner as to compress the springfbetween the end of the plunger and the opposite end of the tube, and this compression is continued until the arm n of the yielding catch m engages the stop a. A continued pull on the handle causes the hook n to be disengaged from the collar and releases Vthe carriage, which is forcibly driven along the Way by the recoil of the springf. Each end of the Way is provided with the saine kind of a detent and releasing device and the opposite ends of the tube are perforated for the roca4 entrance of the plunger,l at either end, and the spring Within the tube'is com-pressible by the entrance of the plunger at either end.

It is evident that my invention does not depend upon the specific form of track or Way shown, but that the stopping and propelling riage supportedon and adapted to travel along4 said" Way, the tube forming part of the carriage and provided with openings at 'each end, the inclosed spring providedateach end with unperlft'i'ratedheads; the 'plu nger adapted to enterthe openings' in the tube, the sliding collar supported and held againsty rotatio'non the pluvnge'r-an'd-adapted to engage the catch', the. vIneansfor sliding the collar, and the ad; justabletri p1 device, all substantially/as describedi' 2. In a store-service apparatus, in combination witha supporting-Way; a'carriag'e'adaptedito travel along said Way, the t'ube vforming partl of the carriage, providedv at each'y end with removable caps having'openings there through, thespring located Within the tube,

the plunger adaptedto enter saidtube and'to i engage the spring, the sliding collar borne on theplfungerand held against rotation thereon, the spring tending to hold the collar at the i outward' limit oi its play, the catch device borne on the carriage and adapted to engage thev collar, the ad justable'trip device, and the meansV for sliding the collar, all substantially as described.

3. In a store-service apparatus, in combination with a supporting-way, the wheels d, the

f supports depending from said Wheels and bearing the tube,forming part of the carriage,

the spring located Within the carriage, the

plunger adapted to enter the tube and engage the inclosed spring, the sliding collar borne on the plunger, the yielding catch 1'- borne on the carriage and adapted to engage the colla-r, the adjustable trip device, and the means for sliding the collar, all substantially as described.

4., In a store-service apparatus, in combination with ak supporting-Way, the carriage mountedand adapted'to travel thereon, the tube forming partof' the carriage, having an opening; at each end, the inclosed spring with disk-shaped heads, the receptacle supported on the carriage, the catch device borne on the carriage, the plunger provided with the slot andA adapted to enter the opening in the tube, the sliding coljlar arranged on the plunger and havingthe screvs7 engaging the slot in the plunger, the spring tending to keep the collar ina certain 1`),osition,thev trip device located in the path ot' movement of the catch, and the means for' sliding the collar, l; substantially as described.

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